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Melissa Cullum

Congratulations to the following swimmers for being top earners for the 2025 Aqualaps fundraser. The top earner excludes all corporate donations. These top earners either hustled going door to door, did the tables and/or had a lot of online donors. 1st place: Zach Holden (limo ride with friends) 2nd: Gemma Peterson ($50 gift card to Gross Alaska Movie Theater) 3rd: Katya Foy ($25 gift card to JunoFroyo) Top earners need to reach out to Coach Scott to claim their prize. Also I have been listening to your suggestions and next...

Melissa Cullum

A huge thanks to all the swimmers and parents for getting out there and raising so much money for the club. There were a few weeks there that I questioned whether we would make our goal, but as always the GSC family knows how make it happen! If your swimmer missed Swim Day and needs to make it up, tomorrow is the only day to do it with Coach Scott. He will have tally sheets for the counters. Also if you didn’t complete the QR code on Swim Day for...

Amber Treston

Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed in the 2025 Alaska Swimming State Champs this weekend! You all did amazing! I feel so fortunate that I was able to attend this event and watch all these great swimmers in action. May 3rd - Aqualaps Swim Day! Please sign up for a time slot to commit your swimmer to their swimathon distance below. Please note, all elementary swimmers should be ready to swim by the start of their sign-up timeslot (between 7 – 7:30 a.m.), to ensure they have plenty of...

Amber Treston

Happy Easter Swim Families! I hope you all had a great weekend. We are further away from our goal than I would like to see this close to the end of our fundraiser. If you have not started fundraising yet, it is not too late! As a reminder, all swimmers must raise a minimum of $350, except for Sharks and Orcas who will be required to raise $450 this year. If you do not raise the minimum amount, please note, this will be charged to your account at the end...

Amber Treston

Greetings Swim Families! There are only 2 weeks remaining in our annual fundraiser. If you have not signed up for a fundraiser table at one of the grocery stores, please do so now. There are lots of empty slots that we need filled. Many families will be out of town the last week of April attending the State swim meet, so if you are in town that week, it would be great if you could sign up for a table. Prize Winners – Elias, Simon, Maia, Axel, Frances, Abby A.,...

Amber Treston

Hello Swim Families! Wow, what a great weekend at the pool! I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted and I didn’t even swim. Shout out to all the parents, families and friends who volunteered this weekend. There are so many moving parts to make that meet run smoothly and we appreciate all of you who pitched in. THANK YOU!! Corporate Sponsors – Phase 3. If you know a business that might want to donate, please contact Tracy at [email protected]. If you haven’t reached out to Tracy, feel free to...

Amber Treston

I am sorry for the confusion on my part in my last email! There will be a team photo after Saturday morning warmups. Please help have your swimmer on deck and ready for this. In addition to the action shots being offered by Micheal Penn, we have another photographer, Anna Hoke, who will have a stand set up for individual swimmer photos. Check out the link for her flyer: /azgsc/UserFiles/Image/QuickUpload/swim-flyer_014019.pdf You can use the Doodle sign-up here: Glacier Swim Club Sport Portrait Photos | Doodle If she gets booked out...

Amber Treston

Hello Swim Families! I’m bringing you the weekly Aqualaps update. We are 5 weeks away from our deadline and we appreciate your continued efforts in this fundraiser. REMINDER - NO SWIM PRACTICE TOMORROW 3/31/25! Fundraising Tables – There are 3 stores available for Aqualaps Fundraising this year. Please sign up for a table as we don’t want to see these tables go unattended. This is a great opportunity to help your swimmer raise money. New Incentive Prizes – GSC has new incentive prizes this year! Did you see there are...

Amber Treston

Hello Swim Families! I am back again to provide you with your weekly Aqualaps Fundraising update. Last Week’s Prize Winners: Brook Tainter, Nyah Harris, Gemma Peterson, Oliver Cole-Undurraga, and Maia Cole-Undurraga. Thank you to our Sponsors for their donations of a Goldbelt Tram pass, Imagination Station gift card, prizes from Trove and a Parks & Rec pass. Be sure to turn in money during the collection times below this week to be eligible for prizes in the following week’s prize drawing. Corporate Sponsors – Phase 3. Do you know a...

Melissa Cullum

Dear Aqualaps Families, There have been some changes to the fundraising tables. In my attempt to cancel the tables that are no longer available at Super Bear I accidentaly deleted the tables for the month of March for Safweay. If you had signed up for a spot this weekend or next weekend you will need to sign up again. I apologize for the incovenience this might cause and please let me know if you have any problems. Also since Super Bear is no longer available to us this month, please...